Rouse, Bernard John, Private, 2354, 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment Previously served with 2n Battalion, Manchester Regiment Disembarked for service 23rd May 1915 Born Matlock, Derbyshire Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire Resided Matlock Killed in action 21st March 1918 aged 22 Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial
Note: His entry for the British War Medal and Victory Medal on the First World War Medal Roll shows his prime unit as "Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) but only mentions service with the Manchester Regiment
1911 Census A grocer's apprentice Son of Annie Rouse, of Smedley Street West, Matlock, Derbyshire
Previously served with 2n Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Disembarked for service 23rd May 1915
Born Matlock, Derbyshire
Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire
Resided Matlock
Killed in action 21st March 1918 aged 22
Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial
Note: His entry for the British War Medal and Victory Medal on the First World War Medal Roll shows his prime unit as "Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) but only mentions service with the Manchester Regiment
1911 Census
A grocer's apprentice
Son of Annie Rouse, of Smedley Street West, Matlock, Derbyshire
Matlock
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Matlock, St. Giles' Church
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Matlock Bank
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